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Help need info on DCIS

Hey everyone I need some information. I am a cardiac nurse so I don't know that much information related to cancer. My mother just had a needle biopsy and the results stated she has Ductal Carcinoma in Situ. I have done some research on it, but it would be nice to have a nurses view of things not a text book view. So any information you could give me would be helpful. I would like to reasure my mother that things are going to be okay, but until I know what I am talking about I can't be very convincing. Thank you for your help.

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I asked one of our Onc Docs. who specializes in breast cancer. DCIS is very curable usually with the biopsy...everyone seems to have a different opinion about following up with radiation and Tamoxifin. But to quote one Doc when asked about a friend of mine who had the biopsy and whose margins were clear..."She will be fine." I know it can reoccur at anytime but as long as there are regular follow-ups most people are fine.

a few years back my mom had ductal carcinoma in situ and her oncologist reassured her over and over, that if there's such a thing as being a little pregnant, she would use the same metaphor as having a little bit of cancer.

the prognosis is superb.

my mother did not require any f/u chemo/radiation and just had the lump removed.

it is indeed one of the easiest cancers to cure as the name suggests, in situ would keep the tumor very localized and self-contained.

give your mom a hug for me.

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